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Housing policy, great cities, and timber architecture!
in the Coco cinematic universe, do only Mexican dead people go to the Mexican skeleton afterlife or is everyone else in sort of a “no it’s fine, I just didn’t expect it to be Mexican” situation
March 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
in the Coco cinematic universe, do only Mexican dead people go to the Mexican skeleton afterlife or is everyone else in sort of a “no it’s fine, I just didn’t expect it to be Mexican” situation
The goal of urban planning should not be a to maintain a bloated job market for urban planners.
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The goal of urban planning should not be a to maintain a bloated job market for urban planners.
idk maybe the medieval church was on to something with “only 1% of the population should learn to read and they should have to end their bloodline and wear a funny hat to do it.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
idk maybe the medieval church was on to something with “only 1% of the population should learn to read and they should have to end their bloodline and wear a funny hat to do it.”
Incredibly funny that Ivy League universities have divinity schools.
Like hi, I’m a student at Princeton. Where I’m majoring in Bigfoot.
Like hi, I’m a student at Princeton. Where I’m majoring in Bigfoot.
March 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Incredibly funny that Ivy League universities have divinity schools.
Like hi, I’m a student at Princeton. Where I’m majoring in Bigfoot.
Like hi, I’m a student at Princeton. Where I’m majoring in Bigfoot.
A legal standard of child abuse that does not include denying children vaccines is not a good standard.
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A legal standard of child abuse that does not include denying children vaccines is not a good standard.
There’s a phenomenon where people compare present-day life with the lifestyles of past ultra-elites (medieval nobles, colonial administrators, the jet-set of the 60s) rather than the normal people of the past. Is there a word for this?
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There’s a phenomenon where people compare present-day life with the lifestyles of past ultra-elites (medieval nobles, colonial administrators, the jet-set of the 60s) rather than the normal people of the past. Is there a word for this?
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
These tickets cost $25,000 modern day. And it’s an ad.
New streetwear for anyone who commutes in NYC.
February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New streetwear for anyone who commutes in NYC.
MAGA true believers live in a fully Trump-themed world. You drink your anti-woke coffee, drive to work in your cybertruck, browse Truth Social, go home to a beef tallow dinner, and fall asleep cuddling your trumpy bear.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
February 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
MAGA true believers live in a fully Trump-themed world. You drink your anti-woke coffee, drive to work in your cybertruck, browse Truth Social, go home to a beef tallow dinner, and fall asleep cuddling your trumpy bear.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
There is no liberal equivalent of this. We mock it , but it evidently works.
Disqualifying.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Disqualifying.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
In a race where most of the candidates have (on paper at least) decent housing priorities, it’s an easy call not to rank Lander.
High school: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
College: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Law school: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Day one as a lawyer: it’s borderline malpractice not to copy work in bulk from other lawyers
College: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Law school: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Day one as a lawyer: it’s borderline malpractice not to copy work in bulk from other lawyers
February 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
High school: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
College: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Law school: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Day one as a lawyer: it’s borderline malpractice not to copy work in bulk from other lawyers
College: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Law school: the worst crime you can commit is plagiarism
Day one as a lawyer: it’s borderline malpractice not to copy work in bulk from other lawyers
Manhattanites against the Manhattanization of Manhattan.
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Manhattanites against the Manhattanization of Manhattan.
“I get that a lot of people are excited about crypto, I just don’t see the applications beyond fraud, gambling, and crimes.”
“You don’t get it bro, there are a million uses! For example [describes fraud, gambling, and crimes].”
“You don’t get it bro, there are a million uses! For example [describes fraud, gambling, and crimes].”
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“I get that a lot of people are excited about crypto, I just don’t see the applications beyond fraud, gambling, and crimes.”
“You don’t get it bro, there are a million uses! For example [describes fraud, gambling, and crimes].”
“You don’t get it bro, there are a million uses! For example [describes fraud, gambling, and crimes].”
Would you support a law requiring any vehicle registered to a driver under 25 years of age in urban areas to have a speed governor device (limiting it to the speed limit + 10) installed?
January 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Would you support a law requiring any vehicle registered to a driver under 25 years of age in urban areas to have a speed governor device (limiting it to the speed limit + 10) installed?
New York is a two-party city, but with typical Yankee frugality we only have one of them.
January 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New York is a two-party city, but with typical Yankee frugality we only have one of them.
There was another antisemitic attack in @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social’s district and some of the antisemites seem very confused about where they want Jews to live.
January 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
There was another antisemitic attack in @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social’s district and some of the antisemites seem very confused about where they want Jews to live.
Vaguely feel like this shouldn’t be eighth-page news.
Mayor Adams says his ‘heart goes out’ to jailed music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/22/m...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/22/m...
Mayor Adams says his ‘heart goes out’ to jailed music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering in Manhattan Federal Court. He is being held at a prison in Brooklyn ahead of his trial scheduled to start in May.
www.nydailynews.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Vaguely feel like this shouldn’t be eighth-page news.
Remarkable theological innovation: Shi’a Protestantism.
January 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Remarkable theological innovation: Shi’a Protestantism.
The insurance industry is unfairly refusing to cover my property. On an unrelated note, I live in a place called The Lava Zone.
January 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The insurance industry is unfairly refusing to cover my property. On an unrelated note, I live in a place called The Lava Zone.
merry GOAT day to all who celebrate
LeBron James, Tiger Woods, and Koufax is a fun birthday trio
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
merry GOAT day to all who celebrate
The ceiling of the New York County Courthouse goes stupid hard I love American civic religion so much 1/2
December 30, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The ceiling of the New York County Courthouse goes stupid hard I love American civic religion so much 1/2
Is there any other place that calls its subdivisions countries rather than states/regions/provinces, or is that just a UK thing?
December 26, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Is there any other place that calls its subdivisions countries rather than states/regions/provinces, or is that just a UK thing?
Trump is so obsessed with buying Greenland because he thinks the Mercator projection is real and it’s actually the size of Africa. I believe this with all my heart.
December 23, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Trump is so obsessed with buying Greenland because he thinks the Mercator projection is real and it’s actually the size of Africa. I believe this with all my heart.
All the “we traded this for a higher GDP” posts have convinced me that reads think GDP is some arbitrary number that economists like to high-score for no reason and not, like, a measure of Stuff That Is Good.
Having the American GDP per capita of 1930 would make us poorer than present-day Malaysia.
Having the American GDP per capita of 1930 would make us poorer than present-day Malaysia.
December 23, 2024 at 1:36 PM
All the “we traded this for a higher GDP” posts have convinced me that reads think GDP is some arbitrary number that economists like to high-score for no reason and not, like, a measure of Stuff That Is Good.
Having the American GDP per capita of 1930 would make us poorer than present-day Malaysia.
Having the American GDP per capita of 1930 would make us poorer than present-day Malaysia.
Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else seeing cassette futurism / chunky tech / 80s chic coming back in a big way?
December 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else seeing cassette futurism / chunky tech / 80s chic coming back in a big way?
do Canadians call it Dragon Ball Zed
December 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
do Canadians call it Dragon Ball Zed